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No, that’s not a typo in the topic title.. The Death Star has a lot of Docking Bays. In short: while this is based on Docking Bay 327, it is smaller and due to space limitations (and limited techniques) has a few different designs. Therefore I decided not to call it a DB327-moc and give it a twist of my own... I originally intended to post this about a month ago, when I finished the project in LDD. Every time I was about to start writing this post, I hesitated and backed off. I guess part of me was afraid of your comments, because imo, compared to the other amazing MOC’s on this forum and on other places of the internet, mine is a bit ’simple’. But I eventually decided that posting this is the only way to learn new tricks and improve my techniques. I guess I should also add a bit of background information about my Lego life, in case people missed my post in the SW Purchases thread: I haven’t touched a Lego brick for over 16 years, until about 2 months ago. During the summer (when I got bored with the usual videogames) I was already considering doing something with Lego again. I still had a (16y old) Technic set that I never finished and that would have been the perfect starting point. Like this topic I’ve been postponing it for a few months but occasionally browsing through the available Lego sets. Pretty quickly I decided that I’d go for the Star Wars sets as I’ve always been a fan of the movies. (Still need to watch those Clone Wars seasons..) I showed a few to my mom who immediately decided she would get me the UCS R2-D2 for Christmas and the dawn of my new Lego era had arrived (around half October). After purchasing a few sets I simply fell in love with the 7965 Millennium Falcon. It was such an amazing build (for me at least, with my inexperience) with me constantly wondering where certain pieces were going to be used.. This lasted throughout the entire build until it all fit together in the end. While the set isn’t perfect (reading reviews here showed me that), I can only dream of a UCS Millennium Falcon so this is as good as it gets for me. This MF was so cool I decided to build it a proper home. While browsing the forums, MOCpages and other websites I stumbled upon the Docking Bay 327 MOC’s and decided that would be the way to go for my MF. Incase you’ve never seen them, these are the 2 I used for inspiration: http://rebrickable.c...-for-ucs-falcon http://mocpages.com/moc.php/293188 While these are awesome, I had (very) limited display space and, while I knew I would not be able to ’compete’ with the other designs, I also definately did not want to copy them. This project consisted of a lot of ’first times’ for me: First time working in LDD. First time creating something based on something ’real’ First time using Bricklink (And a few others I’m probably forgetting right now..) If you managed to read through all this text, I will now reward you with the necessary pictures (click to enlarge). Overview while still on the dining room table Luke trying to disconnect the fuel lines (Those lights look a lot better in person than in the picture..) Luke is still messing with those fuel lines... …when he’s spotted by an Imperial Officer.. (I designed this without actually using a minifigure to decide on the scale, I’m glad I can fit a minifig in there but I’ll need to increase the height on it whenever I do another Bricklink order.) Chewie has Darth Vader in his sights while Leia is aiming at someone else.. Overview in the 'display area' (which also shows who Leia was aiming at) I also made a short video showing off the Leds, I'll update this post with the Youtube link once I've uploaded it. 1 of the red wall leds arrived dead, so I need to put in a new order to replace it. I originally intended red & blue background lights for the Darth Vader/Obi Wan scene but I seem to have misplaced my 2 blue leds, so I decided on 1 red and 1 white with a transparant red plate. The effect is not really what I had in mind though so when I order new leds I'll probably replace the leds with lit up Lightsabers. *EDIT* The video's up now, sorry for the shaky camera:
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Goatman461 entry for SoNE IV: Section D - Docking Bay (Empire) On the sulfuric surface of Sullust, attempts to dislodge the AT-ST guarding the Southern quadrant docking bay door have failed. An unlucky X-Wing melts into the mountainside while the pilot counts his last breaths inside. *as mounted Deep in the mountain, Imperial snipers lay down cover fire. A B-Wing pilot has already fallen to the sniper while attempting to maneuver the volcanic rock. Our hero, Goatm An 461, comes out of his apartment to help round up the remaining Rebel forces. The other tie pilots are eager to help with the clean-up, as well. "Oh no, you prisoners got your clothes all dirty trying to escape through the underground lakes of Sullust. Lets turn around and get you a hot bath." "That last step is a doosy." "Don't worry Stormies, we've got this. Go grab a mop and clean up the mess on level 14 below." Per usual, following the executions operations continue as normal at the imperial docking bay. This specific hanger is reserved for experimental starfighters being developed by the ever-faithful SoroSuub Corporation. Currently, tie pilot Goatm An 461 is the primary test pilot for the Cutlass-9 Mod 7 starfighter. Upon entering the hanger, the starfighter is taken by a crane allowing for movement between engineering departments and redeployment to the upper reaches of the cave during attacks to avoid Rebel sabotage attempts. Slave wookies are used to remove the large, over-charged engines to be repaired and modified as needed. Also looking on is a custom G2 "Goose" droid, complements of the SoroSuub Corporation. While repairs are being worked out, our hero has some other "business" to attend to. Back to work. Lets see what this baby can do. The starfighter helping to climb the Empire to victory. Thanks for putting the contest together. I've really enjoyed the build. Negative, constructive comments are always welcome.
